Motte for sure. Nathan hasn't looked good, and Perez may miss a little time. Perez should be fine one he gets back though, so he's a fine pick. I might go with Betancourt over him though, but that's about it off that list. The rest of the guys on that list have risk that drops them down a tier or two.

Motte seems to be just about the only option to close games in St. Louis. Marshall has all but been anointed the closer in Cincy for what should be a 90 win team. I like Betancourt, but the Rox have a lot of good young options (Rex Brothers). So if he falters they can and will go young. Broxton I don't believe has his fastball control back. Nathan is a good option early, but if Neftali Feliz can't cut in the rotation than he becomes the closer with Nathan moving to a setup role.

Information people really need to know:Right now Balfour and Nathan have no competition, and should be just fine. Nathan should have 35+ saves, while Balfour projects around 30 saves.Betancourt pitched well the last 3 seasons and has done nothing to lose the job. 35+ savesMotte is clearly the closer in STL and pitching well, but I expect less than 35 saves.Perez had an ERA of 2.65 on Sep 4, than he had 2 bad games. No need to worry. Around 30 saves.Marshall is good but do not trust Dusty, so thats a concern. # of Saves could be anything between 0 and 40.Broxton is not good and do not trust Broxton. Only if everyone else is off the wire except Myers.

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Motte and Bentancourt are the top two on this list. Marshall, Balfour and Nathan are the next guys with Perez and Broxton bringing up the rear.

Do realize that with closers it is a crap shoot. Roll the dice with Motte and Bentancourt but either one could be out of a job by July. That is the problem with closers, you just don't know what you are going to get. End of the season, Broxton could easily be the best closer of the bunch and just as easily be on the DL by May.

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